Bean Learning Bristol

- Have you ever been curious about what goes on at a consent-based, self-directed community for young people?

- Are you considering home-educating or flexi-schooling?

- Are you just interested in what life without school might look like?

Come and visit us and see what we get up to!

We have two groups currently running for young people:
- One for those aged 9yrs and above on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am-3.30pm.

- One for those aged 6-10yrs on Mondays and Fridays from 10am-3.30pm with extra wrap-around care available.

Both groups are run by experienced and qualified facilitators and we’ll be at the open day ready to answer questions and give you a taster of a ‘day in the life’ at Bean Learning Bristol!

For more information and to register your interest, please email Jo and Sarah at [email protected]

Forever proud of the community we've co-created x

Bigi from BG Parenting is also an ex-Bean parent. In this video they share some very useful thoughts for parents on how to be kind to themselves, and model this for our young people.

When your child lashes out or melts down, you probably ask: 💭 What’s going on underneath this? 💭 What do they need? What if you asked the same of yourself? Instead of “I can’t believe I snapped again,” try: 👉 “I felt overwhelmed. What was the need behind that?” This shift isn’t about letting yourself off the hook – it’s how we learn, grow, and build the resilience we want to model for our kids. Because honestly, imagine the pressure of growing up with a perfect parent. What they really need is a human one who can repair, reflect, and try again. Let them see how you treat yourself when you get it wrong. ➡️ Save this for the days you’re being hard on yourself. #IntentionalParenting #SelfCompassion #ModellingMatters #GentleParenting #ParentingWithoutShame #EmotionalResilience

Children’s emotions can bring up all kinds of emotions and reactions in us at times.

Children’s emotions can go on for quite sometime as they feel them so so deeply.

Holding children emotionally or physically as they go through the cycle of feeling their emotions takes time and energy.

But it’s really beneficial to their emotional health if we can.

It's the end of another week for our Beans and Sprouts.

We've had a mysterious curse to solve, we have whittled avocado pits into mushrooms, added ghosts to famous works of art, had gymnastics competitions, started a graphic design course and so much more.

Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you all next week.

Dont forget to share our up coming open day with anyone who might be interested. Open Day at the Bean House